Haluk Bilginer

Actor

Born: Izmir, Turkey

BIOGRAPHY

Nihat Haluk Bilginer (haˈluk bilɟiˈneɾ; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s. He has also starred in Hollywood movies as a minor actor. He played a villainous guerrilla leader in the 1987 comedy film Ishtar (one of the most notorious flops in movie history) and a Turkish Mafioso in the 2001 dark comedy film Buffalo Soldiers. He played the character of Emre Celenk in the episode of Persephone in Spooks 2004.

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